10 things all people can do to maybe stop yelling at each other all the time [Because noise]

The communication strategy nerd in me keeps trying to analyze what I see happening in those moments of opportunity-turned-brawl, mostly because I've got to do something besides just watch it happen and sometimes I need a break from wading in myself. What are some of the things I/we can employ/accept to maybe grab a little bit of progress each time the roller coaster starts up again?

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Watching St. Louis fall to peaces [Because meaning]

Today, as I watched/overheard/texted about the 180th round of "violence isn't the answer/it was a peaceful protest/get off my lawn" it hit me: the wedge is so wide, the damage so deep, that most words fail. We are so wounded, so on edge, so passion filled, so sad, that even a sentiment of the most empathetic intent can get hijacked by words. But more accurately by pain. It's really just that the words are no match for the pain.

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